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A hard but sweet journey to learn Chinese language

[2017-12-26 07:35]

KABUL - Despite learning the Chinese language being difficult for many elsewhere in the world, learning the language has become more common among Afghan youths recently.

Evacuation as Vietnam braces for Typhoon

[2017-12-26 07:35]

HANOI/MANILA - Authorities in southern Vietnam started to move 1 million people from low-lying areas along the south coast on Monday, as a typhoon approached after battering the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed more than 240 people.

6 killed in Afghan capital bomb attack

[2017-12-26 07:35]

KABUL - A suicide bomber killed six civilians in an attack near an Afghan intelligence agency compound in Kabul on Monday in the latest assault claimed by the Islamic State group in the capital.

Guatemala moving Israeli embassy to Jerusalem

[2017-12-26 07:35]

MEXICO CITY - Guatemala will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first country to follow US President Donald Trump's controversial stance to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, according to an announcement by the Central American country's President Jimmy Morales on Sunday.

Success in St. Louis gun buyback program

[2017-12-26 07:35]

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - An effort to remove guns from the streets of St. Louis is being called a success, so much so that there wasn't enough money to buy up all of the offered weapons.

Ailing Fujimori pardoned by Peru's president

[2017-12-26 07:35]

LIMA - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has pardoned former leader Alberto Fujimori, clearing him of convictions for human rights crimes and graft before completion of a 25-year prison sentence.

Mexico eyes market for avocados

[2017-12-25 07:47]

MEXICO CITY - From tequila to avocados, the state of Jalisco in central Mexico is seeing its exports to China increase, largely thanks to the Asian nation's expanding middle class.

Harvard enrolls more Asian-Americans

[2017-12-25 07:47]

Harvard University, which is facing claims of racial discrimination against Asian-Americans in its admissions process, has announced that its early acceptance rate for Asian-Americans for the Class of 2022 has hit 24.2 percent, up from 21.7 percent a year earlier.